tickety, tickety, tickety... boom

i have no idea where my time goes
i have considered cataloging it, like i do my calories these days, but to be honest, i was shaken deeply enough discovering that one of my favorite lunches contains about the number of calories i now eat in an entire day... i certainly don't need to wake up and realise that 20% of my day is spent making (not-sweet) tea.


i am in the throes of beginnning to be excited about a distant but upcoming vacation.
i've been examining airfare prices, trying to imagine what new size of bathing suit i'll need in September, and effectively "counting" away more than half of my year. still, it's exciting... and moreso because i know i'll have over 6 months to save before we go.

i am on a super-duper prayer kick
i still have 2 close friends who are desperate to have children. i pray for them nightly. i have one dear friend who's trapped in a multi-car-pile-up of a marriage, if i could pray for her hourly, i would. i have friends whose parents are ill, they're in my everyday prayers. i have a husband who's ever so keen on getting a non-contract job with benefits like sick leave and vacation time - you know he's in my prayers. i have a daughter who crowns my tome of thanksgiving every night. i'm considering investing in one of those banked candelabra that they have in the shrines.

i am still freaked out that the end of the month is mardi gras - already
and in the midst of all the slipping time, how could it come to pass that it's less than two weeks till mardi gras and i still don't have a mask...